Phoenix

Over the last several years, a small group of open source projects has evolved to become much more than just great software. One notable example is Mozilla. Long criticized for being bloated, bug-ridden, and behind schedule, Mozilla has evolved into a capable development platform. Other open source projects use Mozilla’s core technology, such as the popular Gecko rendering engine, to build next-generation tools and applications. In many ways, Mozilla has become an umbrella for such projects, including this month’s “Do It Yourself” software, the Phoenix Web browser.

Jeremy Zawodny

Saturday, March 15th, 2003

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Keeping it Small

Some of the complaints aimed at Mozilla do have merit. Mozilla is a large and complex piece of software. For the majority of users, those who simply want to browse the Web without the need for all of Mozilla’s advanced features, it’s simply overkill.

Back in July 2002, we featured Galeon, one of the most popular Gecko-based browsers (that article is available online at http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-07/potm_01.html). However, Galeon, like Mozilla, is a power-user’s browser. It comes with dozens and dozens of options, a complex configuration tool, and a memory footprint to match.